The acousto-optics devices market is expected to reach USD 469.1 Million by 2022, at a CAGR of 7.24% between 2016 and 2022. The base year used for this study is 2015 and the forecast period is from 2016 to 2022. The Acousto-optic devices market was led by the acousto-optic modulators (AOMs) in 2015. Acousto-optic modulators are increasingly deployed to provide a reliable, economical means for amplitude modulation of laser light. One important application of AO modulators is to serve as an external modulator in the laser communication systems. The acousto-optic modulators have applications in verticals such as life science & scientific research, industrial, semiconductor & electronics, aerospace & defense, medical, and others. Laser processing and material processing applications would drive the growth of the acousto-optic modulators market due to the high demand of acousto-optic modulators for these applications. The acousto-optic modulators market is expected to reach USD 145.7 Million by 2022, at the highest CAGR of 9.22% between 2016 and 2022. This is expected to boost the market for AO modulators in the future.

The industrial and semiconductor and electronics verticals are becoming popular owing to the high demand of laser technology for manufacturing and material processing applications. Acousto-optic devices are used in laser equipments or systems for electronic control of the intensity and positioning of the laser beams.

This report provides a detailed analysis of the acousto-optics devices market based on device, vertical, application, and geography for four main regions North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific (APAC), and Rest of the World (RoW). The report provides detailed information regarding the major factors influencing the growth of the acousto-optic devices market (drivers, restraints, opportunities, and challenges). The main driver for the acousto-optics devices market is the growing laser applications in the life science and scientific research vertical. The growth of laser applications is boosting the demand for acousto-optic devices in various verticals such as industrial and semiconductor and electronics. The report also profiles the key players and comprehensively analyzes their market ranking and core competencies along with detailing the competitive landscape for market leaders.

To estimate the size of the acousto-optics devices market, top-down and bottom-up approaches have been used. This research study involves an extensive usage of secondary sources, directories, and paid databases such as Factiva and OneSource to identify and collect information useful to study the technical, market-oriented, and commercial aspects of acousto-optics devices.

The research methodology is explained below:

This entire research methodology includes the study of annual and financial reports of top players, presentations, press releases, journals, paid databases, and interviews with industry experts.

High-growth segments have been identified to analyze opportunities in the acousto-optics devices market

Competitive developments such as contracts, agreement and acquisitions, new product developments, and research and development (R&D) in the acousto-optics devices market have been analyzed.

All the percentage splits and breakdown of the market segments are analyzed on the basis of secondary and primary research.

The following figure depicts the breakdown of the primaries on the basis of company type, designation, and region:

This report provides valuable insights on the ecosystem of the acousto-optic devices market which includes component manufacturers such as AMS Technologies AG (Germany); system/device providers such as Gooch & Housego PLC (U.K.), Isomet Corporation (U.S.), and Brimrose Corporation of America (U.S.); and end users such as Coherent, Inc. (U.S.) and Rofin-Sinar Technologies Inc. (U.S.). This study answers several questions of stakeholders, primarily which market segments to focus on in the next two to five years for prioritizing efforts and investments.

Figure 1 Markets CoveredFigure 2 Acousto-Optic Devices Market: Research DesignFigure 3 Market Size Estimation Methodology: Bottom-Up ApproachFigure 4 Market Size Estimation Methodology: Top-Down ApproachFigure 5 Assumptions of the Research StudyFigure 6 Acousto-Optic Devices Market, 20132022 (USD Million)Figure 7 Acousto-Optic Devices Market Share, By Application (2015 vs 2022)Figure 8 Acousto-Optic Modulators to Hold the Largest Market Size By 2022Figure 9 Industrial Vertical Expected to Witness the Highest CAGR Between 2016 and 2022Figure 10 North America Held the Largest Market Share in 2015Figure 11 Attractive Opportunities for the Acousto-Optic Devices MarketFigure 12 Acousto-Optic Devices Market for Laser Processing Application to Grow at the Highest CAGR Between 2016 and 2022Figure 13 Modulators Device Segment Expected to Hold the Largest Market Share During the Forecast PeriodFigure 14 China Expected to Emerge as the Fastest-Growing Market for Acousto-Optic Devices Market During Forecast PeriodFigure 15 Life Science and Scientific Research Vertical Held the Largest Share of the Market in APAC in 2015Figure 16 Life Science and Scientific Research and Industrial Verticals to Hold A Large Share of the Acousto-Optic Devices MarketFigure 17 Acousto-Optic Devices Market Segmentation, By GeographyFigure 18 Increasing Demand of Acousto-Optic Devices for Laser Applications Would Drive the Growth of the MarketFigure 19 Value Chain Analysis (2015): Maximum Value Added Between Research & Development and Component Manufacturing PhasesFigure 20 Porters Five Forces Analysis (2015)Figure 21 Acousto-Optic Devices Market: Porters Five Forces AnalysisFigure 22 Impact Analysis of Intensity of Competitive RivalryFigure 23 Impact Analysis of Threat of SubstitutesFigure 24 Impact Analysis of Bargaining Power of BuyersFigure 25 Impact Analysis of Bargaining Power of SuppliersFigure 26 Impact Analysis of the Threat of New EntrantsFigure 27 Modulators Segment Expected to Hold Largest Market Size in the Acousto-Optic Devices Market During the Forecast PeriodFigure 28 Laser Processing Application Expected to Hold Largest Size of the Acousto-Optic Deflector Market During the Forecast PeriodFigure 29 Laser Processing Application Expected to Hold the Largest Size of the Acousto-Optic Tunable Filter Market By 2022Figure 30 Laser Processing Application Expected to Hold the Largest Size of the Acousto-Optic Devices Market By 2022Figure 31 Modulators Expected to Hold the Largest Market Size of the Micro Processing Application By 2022Figure 32 Acousto-Optic Devices Market for Industrial Vertical Excepted to Grow at the Highest Rate Between 2016 and 2022Figure 33 Acousto-Optic Devices Market for Life Science and Scientific Research Vertical in APAC Expected to Grow at the Highest Rate Between 2016 and 2022Figure 34 Europe Likely to Hold the Largest Market for Medical Vertical By 2022Figure 35 APAC Held the Largest Market for the Industrial Vertical in 2015Figure 36 APAC Expected to Hold the Largest Market for the Telecom Vertical Between 2016 and 2022Figure 37 APAC Likely to Hold the Largest Market for Oil and Gas Vertical By 2022Figure 38 Geographic Snapshot: APAC to Witness the Highest Rate Between 2016 and 2022Figure 39 Acousto-Optic Devices Market in China Estimated to Grow at the Highest Rate Between 2016 and 2022Figure 40 Overview of Acousto-Optic Devices Market in North America, 2015Figure 41 Overview of Acousto-Optic Devices Market in Europe, 2015Figure 42 Overview of Acousto-Optic Devices Market in APAC, 2015Figure 43 Companies Adopted New Product Launches as the Key Growth Strategy Between 2013 and 2016Figure 44 Market Evaluation Framework: New Product Launches and Acquisitions Fueled the Growth Between 2014 and 2016Figure 45 Battle for Market Share: New Product Launches Was the Key Strategy AdoptedFigure 46 Geographic Revenue Mix of Leading PlayersFigure 47 Gooch & Housego PLC: Company SnapshotFigure 48 Gooch & Housego PLC: SWOT AnalysisFigure 49 Brimrose Corporation of America: SWOT AnalysisFigure 50 Isomet Corporation: Company SnapshotFigure 51 Isomet Corporation: SWOT AnalysisFigure 52 Harris Corporation: Company SnapshotFigure 53 Harris Corporation: SWOT AnalysisFigure 54 AMS Technologies AG: SWOT AnalysisFigure 55 Coherent, Inc.: Company Snapshot

The acousto-optic devices market is expected to be worth USD 469.1 Million by 2022, at a CAGR of 7.24% between 2016 and 2022. Acoustic-optic devices have a wide usage in the industrial and semiconductor and electronics verticals. Acousto-optic devices are used in laser equipments or systems for electronic control of the intensity and positioning of the laser beam. These devices comprise various materials such as fused silica, lithium niobate, arsenic trisulfide, tellurium dioxide and tellurite glasses, lead silicate, and lead (II) bromide that displays the acousto-optic effect.

In 2015, the life science and scientific research vertical accounted for the largest share of the acousto-optic devices market, followed by the industrial vertical. The acousto-optic devices market for the industrial vertical is expected to grow at a high rate between 2016 and 2022. Acousto-optic modulators are used to modulate the frequency and intensity of laser beams for laser based material and micro processing applications in the industrial vertical. In the life science and scientific research vertical, the demand for acousto-optic devices would grow owing to the research conducted in various fields such as imaging cytometry, photoacoustic imaging, optical coherence tomography, and multiphoton microscopy. These all factors are likely to boost the demand for acousto-optic devices in both these verticals.

Acousto-optic devices are used with laser systems for marking semiconductor components; hence, the players in the laser technology market are offering various high-speed semiconductor marking solutions, which in turn would boost the demand for acousto-optic devices technology in semiconductor and electronics vertical. Also, the acousto-optic modulators have been used exclusively for electronics laser applications such as cutting, marking, and other material processing processes in this vertical.

Acousto-optic modulators (AOM) are expected to experience a high growth between 2016 and 2022. Acousto-optic modulators with laser-based systems provide significantly higher precision, flexibility, and efficient results, which is accelerating the growth of the acousto-optic market for laser processing. The applications of acousto-optic modulators for various laser applications such as fast optical switches, printing and marking application and laser noise eater is expected to help in the growth of the acousto-optic devices market in the near future.

Asia-Pacific (APAC) is expected to hold the largest share of the acousto-optic devices market in 2022. The acousto-optic devices market in the APAC region is expected to grow at the highest CAGR between 2016 and 2022. A huge population base, increasing investments toward the development of optics technologies, large number of research and development (R&D) activities, and increasing focus of laser applications for the industrial and telecom verticals are driving the acousto-optic devices market in the APAC region.

One of the key restraining factors in the acousto-optic devices market is the slow implementation of acousto-optic device because of the high Initial cost and increasing requirement-specific R&D expenses in this market. Gooch & Housego PLC (U.K.) is one of the leading providers of acousto-optics, crystal optics and precision optics devices across globe. The company offers acoustic-optic devices that includes beam deflectors, fiber-coupled acousto-optic modulators, frequency shifters, model lockers, modulators, multi-channel modulators, pulse pickers and cavity dumpers, Q-switches, RF drivers, and tunable filters for the aerospace and defense, industrial, life science and scientific research verticals. The company has adopted a major strategy of acquisitions and collaborations to grow and strengthen its business and lead the acousto-optic devices market.

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